The Christmas Carol A Time Honored Revival in 1920s
A column traces the enduring charm and history of Christmas carols from pagan midwinter festivals to modern community singing. It notes 1920s revival efforts, royal edicts, Puritan bans, and the first printed carol collections, highlighting Noel Nowell and Silent Night origins, with cultural links to England France and Germany.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Watiis
England
Wynkin de Worde
Lorraine
London
Caxton
Queen's College
Oxford
Henry VIII
Thomas Trysdale
France
Jesus
Michael Haydn
Ludwig Erk
Oberndorf
Germany
Joseph Mohr
Franz Gruber
Erk
Town of
Bethlehem
Boston Divine
Phillips Brooks
Joseph Barnaby
Louis H. Redner
Christmas Cards At Mrs Hopkins House
In a humorous group exchange Tessie Tongue Hannah Hand Effie Eyes voice exhaustion at tasks while Bessie Brain orders work. They resolve to address Christmas cards for Mrs Hopkins, pushing past fussing to get the job done.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bessie Brain
Forty Eighth Stamp Card Address Verse Echoes
Tessie Tongue licks her fortieth eight stamp while Hannah Hand writes her fortieth eight card and Effie Eyes surveys her fortieth eight address. Bessie Brain-well keeps thinking as Martha Banning Thomas notes the date and source in 1925.
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Tessie Tongue
Hannah Hand
Effie Eyes
Bessie Brain
Martha Banning Thomas
Western Newspaper Union
Union Station Chapel Aids Transit Dead and Travelers
The Chicago Union railway station features a chapel where bodies in transit may be cared for and travelers can pray between trains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union Railway
Chicago
Free High School Education For Rural Texas
Dallas Texas. S M N Marrs superintendent of public instruction urged free high school education for everyTexas boy and girl regardless of residence or parental means. He called for state funds to equalize educational opportunities and tuition payments for rural pupils who must transfer to cities for high school. He advocated a Fortieth Legislature appropriation of 500000. The Texas State Teachers Association convention closed with calls for fair treatment of Mexican students and announced officers for next year.
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Dallas
Tex
Texas
S. M. N. Marrs
State Teachers’ Association
Marrs
Texas State Teachers’ Association
South
San Antonio
A. P. Carillo
J. M. Bledsoe
State Teachers’ College
Commerce
Carl A. Gardner
Fort Worth
P. E. McDonald
Denton
Locarno Security Pact Approved in Britain
In the British foreign office on Tuesday a Locarno pact document was signed by Great Britain France Germany Italy and Belgium. The treaty of mutual guarantee pledges peace and goodwill among European nations.
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London
British Foreign Office
Great Britain
France
Germany
Italy
Belgium
Texas House to Convene in Special Session January 4
Amarillo Tex The lower house will meet in a special session on January 4 Speaker Lee Satterwhite announced on his return from Austin and Dallas The proclamation will be officially released December 16 he said
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Amarillo
Tex
Texas
Lee Satterwhite
Bodyguard
Austin
Dallas
Satterwhite
Fight to Check Disease in Bishop Texas
Efforts to curb diphtheria and scarlet fever spread in Bishop will continue vigorously with county school and city authorities teaming with doctors. The active collaboration aims to protect children and residents as health measures persist in the community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bishop, Tex
Bishop
Paving Law Approved for Alice Texas
The state paving law was adopted at a recent special election in Alice. This marks the first step in a broad campaign to improve the town with paving of principal streets, sewerage facilities, and gas services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice
Tex
Harvest season in Bishop sees record feed crop
Farmers across the Bishop area are busy with the harvest of a record breaking feed crop, signaling strong yields and regional agricultural activity in the Bishop sector.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bishop
Texa
Game fund ruling is handed down in Texas
In Austin a Friday opinion by Assistant Attorney General Sutton to J. R. Smith holds that proceeds from activities affecting lands outside public free school, University of Texas, and asylums must be credited to the game fund, despite conflicting with a Thirty seventh Legislature act.
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Austin
Tex
Attorney General's Department
J. R. Smith
Sutton
Public Free School Fund
University of Texas
Second Road Concern Offers To Settle Case
Austin Texas The Hoffman Construction Company offers to apply a second asphalt layer on 600 miles of state highway contracts or to settle in court. If relieved from the second course, the firm would settle proportionally to American Road Company which admitted judgment for 600000 excess profits and had contracts and business permit canceled. The attorney general sues for contract cancellation 100000 damages charter cancellation and prevention of payment of 351000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Tex
Hoffman Construction Company
Dan Moody
American Road Company
Texas
Hoffman Company
Magnolia and Standard Oil merger approved by Magnolia stockholders
Dallas Texas Tuesday stockholders representing 533 258 of Magnolia Petroleum Company stock voted unanimously to approve the contract of November 6 transferring all Magnolia assets to Standard Oil Company of New York and dissolving Magnolia, a merger valued at about 300 million dollars in physical property.
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Dallas
Tex
Magnolia Petroleum Company of Texas
Standard Oil Company of
New York
Magnolia
Standard
Proclamations Call Austin House Vacancies Election
Five proclamations issued by Governor Miriam A. Ferguson call for elections within 20 days to fill seven vacancies in the Texas house of representatives. Two more proclamations to follow upon confirmation of removals from districts.
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Austin
Tex
Miriam A. Ferguson
House of Representatives
House
Auto Dealers to Fight Federal Car Tax in Galveston
Texas Automobile Dealers Association plans a convention in Galveston on May 12 and 18, 1926, to push for removal of federal automobile taxes. Hillis H. Boyd, the association president, announced the move after a San Antonio board meeting.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Texas Automobile Dealers’ Association
Galveston
Hillis H. Boyd
San Antonio
Texas Cotton Growers Sales Corp Receives Charter
Austin Texas reports the Texas Cotton Growers Sales Corporation received its charter Friday from the secretary of state. The body operates under order of the Texas Farm Bureau Cotton Association, a cooperative marketing group headquartered in Dallas, and aims to purchase and sell cotton and cotton products.
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Austin
Tex
Texas Farm Bureau Cotton Association
Dallas
Texas Cotton Growers Sales Corporation
Cotton Crop Short in Washington County Ginnings
Washington County reports 8794 bales ginned before November 14 1925 versus 25564 bales to the same date in 1924. Julius E Gajeske special agent of the census bureau notes the crop in this section was the shortest in many years.
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Brenham
Tex
Washington County
Julius E. Gajeske
Census Bureau
Road Company Pays Judgment in Texas District Court
The American Road Company paid $286,025.41 by check to Alex Philquist, clerk of the fifty third district court, in the case where the company on November 20 confessed judgment to the state for $600,000 excess highway profits.
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Austin
Tex
American Road Company
Alex Philquist
Fifty-Third District Court
Hindenburg Signs Locarno Pact Endorsement
Berlin report says President Von Hindenburg approved the Locarno treaty on Saturday, completing the final steps toward implementing the pact seen as a major stride for peace in postwar Europe.
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Hindenburg
Berlin
von Hindenburg
Europe
Governor offers rewards for two Huntsville escapees
Governor Miriam A. Ferguson on Tuesday increased the Huntsville penitentiary reward by adding 300 dollars for the recapture of Milt Good and Tom Ross. The new rewards supplement the existing standing prison reward.
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Austin
Tex
Milt Good
Tom Ross
Huntsville
Miriam A. Ferguson
Storms sweep Mediterranean to Bulgarian coasts reach French Morocco
Paris reports that weekend storms along the Mediterranean and Atlantic coasts extended into French Morocco and into Bulgaria. The weather events disrupted coastal areas and prompted updates from meteorological offices across the region.
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Paris
Mediterranean
Atlantic
French
Morocco
Bulgaria
Barber’s Hint Spurs Youthful Dye Trend
Readers are urged to consider hair dye as a quick enhancement. Barbers report rising demand among younger clients and suggest practical tips for choosing shades that suit skin tone and style.
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Israel
Heaven
John Dickinson Sherman
Silent Wight
Stratfi
Borat
Tessie
Effie
Second Road Concern
Cotton Sales Corporation
Road Company
Oon
Wonder
United States Rubber Company
Bailey
Wright
California
Beecham
Hall
Neainey
Y A. Burgess
Billerica
Mase
Conselie
B. F. Allen Co
Cancl Sc
Kenda Lara
NEO Ec
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Faagalal Oil
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